Hello, my appointment with the Italian consulate is in June, 2011.
I'm getting my citizenship, iure sanguinis, have almost all my documents together including my great grandfather Catello Zurolo birth certificate, from Castellammare! But Catello was married a number of times and that is where I'm having trouble proving I have the right guy. In 1906 he arrives in Ellis Island with a 17 year old girl named Maria Laura Demartino, they then head to Hartford to stay with an Uncle Alberto? Buonocore, who paid for their trip over. After Connecticut he moves to Brooklyn, where my grandfather & father are born. I need help in finding the missing link! Namely any Buonocore information from Hartford 1906. Any help is greatly appreciated. So if you're last name is Zurolo, Zurlo or Buonocore, please contact me. Thanks!

Hi, seeming to me, that the uncle was Antonio Buonocore and not Alberto, almost by reading of Catello ship's manifest; it is possible that Antonio Buonocore was the uncle of Maria Laura De Martino.....

also on same ship's manifest, seeming that the girl, Maria Laura De Martino, well seeming the wife of Catello Zurolo, because I read "wife" near the brace...
However I found:

Thank you for the information regarding my great grandfather Catello Zurolo. I'm not sure if that is him mentioned on the census, here is more information according to the documents I have:

Catello Zurolo born 1881 in Castellamare Di Stabia, parents names are Antonio Zurolo and Giovanna Buonocore. In 1905 he marries 16 year old Carmela Gentile, in Italy. June 2nd 1906 he arrives at Ellis Island with 17 year old Maria Laura DeMartino, there final destination is listed as an Uncle "Antonio"? Buonocore in Hartford Connecticut. February 18, 1909 my Grandfather Vincenzo Zurlo is born in NYC to Catello Zurlo (27 yo) and Giovannina Cifaldi (19 yo). I need to verify that this Catello is my great grandfather, I need the missing links between Ellis island, Connecticut, then NYC. Also, Catello died October 22, 1948, age 67. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.

seeming that the parent's names of YOUR Catello are different from the parent's names that you provided...
I believe that the above marriage record is abt YOUR Catello, and the parent's names are right, because Catello named the first son Vincenzo, as own father...

We know that the Catello ZUROLO married at Giovannina Cifaldi in Manhattan on Jun 17 1905 , well the parent's names was Vincenzo Zurolo and Caterina Coppola

so for understand very well abt this mystery, solving also,

I found the original birthact of Catello, born in Castellammare di Stabia the 25 july 1881 son of Vincenzo, mariner, age 30 ( son of late Raffaele) and of Caterina Coppola seamsterss, age 31( daughter of late Salvatore)

in the bottom the transcription(20 nov 1901) of Napoli Court sentence, and in this note is explained that in the 6 nov 1901 the judge authorized the correction of surname, Zurolo wrote erroneously, and that on the birth act the surname must be correct in ZULLO and not ZUROLO

in 1920 census, for some reason, Catello ( using Zurlo surname instead of Zullo) living in Brooklyn, Kings, New York with new wife ( I believe that Giovannina died before of 1918) Mary:

so the birth act that I found is right to 100%:
Catello ZULLO transcribed Zurolo but surname amended by court sentence in 1901, born Castellammare di Stabia the 25 july 1881 son of Vincenzo, mariner, age 30 ( son of late Raffaele) and of Caterina Coppola seamsterss, age 31

so you must request another birth certificate in Castellammare di Stabia, explaining the error...
suanj

Mille Grazie! I've been reading your information over and over! I'm so happy that you provided the answers concerning my Great Grandfather, Catello ZULLO! I searched ellisisland.org for Catello Zullo but only the incorrect Catello Zurolo, who arrived 1906 is showing up. So when did MY Catello Zullo arrive in America? Any help is greatly appreciated.

I searched not abt the arrival; in 1920 census he declared that arrived in 1890...
but surely he arrived in USA before of marriage date; by italian military record ( I have no the year, but I believe that was around the 1899-1900) he was already in USA!
I found also the second military record, and Catello was declared "person who fails to report for military sevice) and the only Catello italian next of kin-or contact- was the chaplain of Cemetery Church... so you must search around 1890-1900 arrivals... if he arrived in 1890, he arrived with parents or with some relative...
suanj

Excellent work, thank you! Now I believe I will need Catello and Caterina's birth and marriage certificates, since I'm applying for citizenship iure sanguinis. You already have the documents I need, what do you charge for certified copies to be sent to the US? Or will the Italian Consulate in NYC accept the scanned documents you link to here? Any help is greatly appreciated and I look forward to your reply. Grazie!

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1337/catello.jpgand I hope that by petition it will be possible descovering when Catello arrived in USA and the date and ship...
for the birth certificate of Catello, helpful for dual citizenship, well this certificate it is not a problem obtain it, because I can help you, preparing the italian txt explaining to civil records office abt surname mispelled..